[dba-SQLServer]Re: Access to MySQL

Francisco H Tapia my.lists at verizon.net
Thu Nov 13 13:28:01 CST 2003


FireBird SQL is supposed to be well thought out here is the link to 
their website
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/

Tho I've never used them.

-- 
-Francisco


Robert L. Stewart wrote:

> I have not used it.  It is Borland's InterBase reborn
> as an open source DB like MySql.  I read some stuff on
> it and it looked a lot better than MySql as far as features.
>
> At 12:01 PM 11/13/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> > From: Mark L. Breen [mailto:subs1847 at solution-providers.ie]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:39 AM
>> > To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
>> > Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer]Re: Access to MySQL
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello Robert,
>> >
>> > I have never used MySQL, but I am gobsmacked,
>> >
>> > Only last night I had a discussion with my brother about the
>> > benefits to a
>> > developer if he could develop in MySQL also.  However, if it does not
>> > support Ref Integrity and does not support Sproc's (at the
>> > moment, I saw the
>> > note about Version 5), then I think that this is a db I would
>> > not consider,
>> >
>> > also, if it currently has these limitations, I have to wonder
>> > what other
>> > limitations it has,
>> >
>> > I think that I am back to MSDE for the moment,
>> >
>> > Is Firebird much better than MySQL, I have never heard of it?
>> >
>> > Thanks for the info,
>> >
>> > Mark
>
>
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